Author(s): Brusseau AJP; Feyten LEA; Crane AL; Brown GE;

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Author(s): Hou D; Zhan D; Wang L; Hassan IG; Sezer N;

Many factors contribute to the inherent uncertainty of energy consumption modeling in buildings. It is essential to perform a calibration and sensitivity analysis in order to manage these uncertainties. Despite the availability of several calibration method ...

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Author(s): He S; Rucker DD;

Uncertainty is an inherent part of consumers' environment. A large literature in marketing and related disciplines has found a positive relationship between uncertainty and information search: as consumers' uncertainty about a brand, product, or ser ...

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Author(s): Abdar M; Salari S; Qahremani S; Lam HK; Karray F; Hussain S; Khosravi A; Acharya UR; Makarenkov V; Nahavandi S; ...

The COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic has become a major global threat to human health and well-being. Thus, the development of computer-aided detection (CAD) systems that are capable of ...

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Author(s): Zhu Y; Chen Z;

Source identification plays a vital role in implementing control measures for sudden river pollution incidents. In contrast to single-point source identification problems, there have been no investigations into inverse identification of multi-point emission ...

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Author(s): Chung S; Lee T; Hong Y; Ahmed O; Silva WAD; Gouin JP;

Introduction: The aims of this study were to examine the mediation effect of viral anxiety of healthcare workers on the influence of their intolerance of uncertainty on the adherence to physical distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: An online s ...

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Author(s): Morgan K; Collier ZA; Gilmore E; Schmitt K;

An emerging risk is characterized by scant published data, rapidly changing information, and an absence of existing models that can be directly used for prediction. Analysis may be further complicated by quickly evolving decision-maker priorities and the po ...

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Author(s): Sun X; Zhang X; Wang L; Li Y; Muir DCG; Zeng EY;

Deep convolutional neural network (DCNN) has proved to be a promising tool for identifying organic chemicals of environmental concern. However, the uncertainty associated with DCNN predictions remains to be quantified. The training process contains many ran ...

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Author(s): Cai M; An C; Guy C; Lu C; Mafakheri F;

As a volatile organic compound existing in the atmosphere, methanol plays a key role in atmospheric chemistry due to its comparatively high abundance and long lifetime. Croplands are a significant source of biogenic methanol, but there is a lack of systemat ...

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Author(s): Aslani N; Kuzgunkaya O; Vidyarthi N; Terekhov D;

Tactical capacity planning is a key element of planning and control decisions in healthcare settings, focusing on the medium-term allocation of a clinic's resources to appointments of different types. One of the most scarce resources in healthcare is ph ...

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Author(s): Camirand Lemyre F; Desharnais B; Laquerre J; Morel MA; Côté C; Mireault P; Skinner CD;

Qualitative methods hold an important place in drug testing, filling central needs in screening and analyses, among others, linked to per se legislation. Nevertheless, the bioanalytical method validation guidelines do not discuss this type of method or desc ...

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